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Effingham County
Illinois

Cemeteries and Memorial Sites of Politicians in Effingham County

Index to Locations Ewington Cemetery Effingham Effingham City Cemetery Effingham Oak Ridge Cemetery Effingham Oakridge Cemetery Montrose Montrose Cemetery Ewington Cemetery Effingham County, Illinois Politicians buried here:   William H. Blakely (1808-1878) — of Illinois. Born in 1808. Republican. Delegate to Illinois state constitutional convention Cumberland and Effingham counties, 1847; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Illinois, 1868. Died in 1878 (age about 70 years). Interment at Ewington Cemetery. Effingham City Cemetery Effingham, Effingham County, Illinois Politicians buried here:   George Edward Shipley (1927-2003) — also known as George E. Shipley — of Olney, Richland County, Ill. Born in Richland County, Ill., April 21, 1927. Democrat. Served in the U.S. Marine Corps during World War II; Richland County Sheriff, 1954-58; U.S. Representative from Illinois, 1959-79 (23rd District 1959-73, 22nd District 1973-79); delegate to Democratic National Convention from Illinois, 1972. Died in Olney, Richland County, Ill., June 28, 2003 (age 76 years, 68 days). Interment at Effingham City Cemetery.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page Oak Ridge Cemetery Effingham, Effingham County, Illinois Politicians buried here:   Owen Scott (1848-1928) — of Effingham, Effingham County, Ill.; Bloomington, McLean County, Ill.; Decatur, Macon County, Ill. Born in Jackson Township, Effingham County, Ill., July 6, 1848. Democrat. School teacher; superintendent of schools; lawyer; newspaper publisher; mayor of Effingham, Ill., 1882; U.S. Representative from Illinois 14th District, 1891-93; insurance business. Member, Freemasons. Died in Decatur, Macon County, Ill., December 21, 1928 (age 80 years, 168 days). Interment at Oak Ridge Cemetery.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page Oakridge Cemetery Effingham, Effingham County, Illinois Politicians buried here:   Benson Wood (1839-1915) — of Effingham, Effingham County, Ill. Born near Bridgewater, Susquehanna County, Pa., March 31, 1839. Republican. School principal; served in the Union Army during the Civil War; lawyer; member of Illinois state house of representatives, 1872; delegate to Republican National Convention from Illinois, 1876, 1884 (alternate), 1888; mayor of Effingham, Ill., 1881-83; U.S. Representative from Illinois 19th District, 1895-97; banker. Died in Effingham, Effingham County, Ill., August 27, 1915 (age 76 years, 149 days). Interment at Oakridge Cemetery.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page   Thomas Edward Austin (1901-1965) — also known as T. Edward Austin — of Effingham, Effingham County, Ill. Born in Effingham, Effingham County, Ill., May 21, 1901. Republican. Investment banker; outdoor advertising business; candidate for U.S. Representative from Illinois 23rd District, 1932; chair of Effingham County Republican Party, 1944-50. Member, Elks; Moose. Died, in a hospital at Effingham, Effingham County, Ill., April 21, 1965 (age 63 years, 335 days). Interment at Oakridge Cemetery.   Relatives: Son of William Winter Austin and Mamie (Wade) Austin; married to Frances Vivian Crews.   See also Find-A-Grave memorial Montrose Cemetery Montrose, Effingham County, Illinois Politicians buried here:   Lawrence Yates Sherman (1858-1939) — also known as Lawrence Y. Sherman — of Macomb, McDonough County, Ill.; Springfield, Sangamon County, Ill.; Daytona Beach, Volusia County, Fla. Born near Piqua, Miami County, Ohio, November 8, 1858. Republican. County judge in Illinois, 1886-90; member of Illinois state house of representatives, 1897-1905; Speaker of the Illinois State House of Representatives, 1899-1903; Lieutenant Governor of Illinois, 1905-09; delegate to Republican National Convention from Illinois, 1912, 1920, 1924; U.S. Senator from Illinois, 1913-21; candidate for Republican nomination for President, 1916; member of Republican National Committee from Illinois, 1916-24; delegate to Republican National Convention from Florida, 1928 (member, Committee to Notify Vice-Presidential Nominee). Member, Freemasons. Died in Daytona Beach, Volusia County, Fla., September 15, 1939 (age 80 years, 311 days). Interment at Montrose Cemetery.   Relatives: Son of Nelson Sherman and Maria (Yates) Sherman; married 1891 to Ella M. Crews; married, March 4, 1908, to Estelle Spitler.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Wikipedia article

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